Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

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Number of Awards: 98
Total Amount Awarded: $45,655,601

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State	Award Number	Amount	Status
2023	Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Washington State and their Impact on Firearm-Related Arrests and Convictions	NIJ FY23 Graduate Research Fellowship	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	15PNIJ-23-GG-01935-NONF	$166,500	Open
2021	Advancing Research on Rural Justice Systems	NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	WA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02805-RESS	$768,881	Open
2021	THE TULALIP TRIBAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: A PATH TO WELLNESS	Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants Solicitation, Fiscal Year 2021	THE TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON	WA	15PNIJ-21-GG-02810-RESS	$149,957	Declined
2020	Access to Justice for Adolescents and Young Adults Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Effectiveness and Accessibility of Civil Protection Orders	Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2020-VA-CX-0001	$1,022,215	Open
2020	Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2020-DQ-BX-0022	$711,906	Past Project Period End Date
2020	Statistical evaluation of forensic sequencing profiles	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2020-R2-CX-0040	$107,205	Closed
2019	Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Police Fatigue Risk-Management Strategy for the Seattle Police Department	Research and Evaluation in Safety, Health, and Wellness in the Criminal Justice System, FY 2019	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	WA	2019-R2-CX-0022	$668,696	Closed
2019	Enhancing Public Health and Public Safety: Informing Medication-Assisted Treatment Policies and Programs in the Criminal Justice System	Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, FY 2019	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2019-R2-CX-0006	$145,611	Closed
2019	The Viability of Virtual Peer Review and Microscopic Verification Versus Traditional On-site Review	Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories, FY 2019	WASHINGTON STATE PATROL	WA	2019-DU-BX-0001	$611,226	Closed
2018	Assessing Perceived Effects of I-502: A Survey on Recreational Cannabis in Washington State	NIJ FY18 Graduate Research Fellowship in Social and Behavioral Sciences	Washington State University	WA	2018-R2-CX-0003	$32,000	Closed
2018	Identification of Minor Dye Components of Fibers via Integrating-Cavity-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy	NIJ FY18 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	WA	2018-DU-BX-0178	$580,622	Closed
2018	Optimizing Juvenile Assessment Performance	Legacy OJJDP Research Grants	Washington State University	WA	2017-JF-FX-0063	$124,803	Closed
2018	Trends in Domestic Violence Protective Order Administration: Potential Impacts on Victim Safety and Due Process	NIJ FY18 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Sexual Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2018-VA-CX-0001	$1,027,123	Open
2017	#WhyIStayed: A Study of IPV Victim Recantation and Non-Cooperation in the Criminal Justice System	NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence	KING, COUNTY OF	WA	2017-VA-CX-0034	$406,079	Closed
2017	An Evaluation of Simulation vs Classroom-Based Training to Improve Police Decision Making and Enhance the Outcomes of Citizen Encounters	NIJ FY17 Research to Improve Officer Decision-making	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	WA	2017-R2-CX-0024	$749,864	Closed
2017	Developing SPLiT-Seq: A Massively Parallel Sequencing Method to Remove PCR Artifacts for Forensic STR Genotyping	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2017-DN-BX-0160	$509,728	Closed
2017	Population Genetic Issues for Forensic DNA Profiles	NIJ FY17 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	WA	2017-DN-BX-0136	$903,440	Closed
2016	Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime	Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	WA	2016-R2-CX-0058	$995,831	Closed
2015	2015 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program-Washington State Application	NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program	Washington State Patrol	WA	2015-CD-BX-0057	$166,604	Closed
2015	Evaluating the effectiveness of liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a replacement screening tool.	NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence	Washington State Patrol	WA	2015-DN-BX-K055	$150,000	Closed
2015	FY15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction for Washington State Patrol	NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program	Washington State Patrol	WA	2015-DN-BX-0047	$1,135,917	Closed
2015	Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Child Custody Decision-making among IPV Families	NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence	University of Washington	WA	2015-VA-CX-0073	$697,120	Closed
2015	Peers influence response to threat: Cultural norms, reciprocity, and self-identity	NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative	University of Washington	WA	2015-CK-BX-0022	$638,040	Closed
2015	Population Genetic Issues for Forensic Y-chromosome Markers	NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics	University of Washington	WA	2015-R2-CX-0020	$48,922	Closed
2015	Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations	NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	Washington State University	WA	2015-DN-BX-K073	$517,243	Closed